Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-05

cerision. But in lingering bnnol3 o.
noes he is king OF N Il. Piac-
ing the packets upright sgain9t his iett
palm and Selling the top corner between
the fiDger and thumb Of his right hand ne
viii turn over The notes SO quickly That "a
ordinary observer vii. be SO entirely de-
celved aS by the three csTd trick snd will
probably count only eiXteen or seventeen
20 the relIer's twenty. Then 10 cdech
his count h win either alternate his hands,
or, placing the notes h9riz Ont1iiy on MS
counter, be win count them toward Mn
selg with the same paralyz!rg sceeo.
! One great advantage which the EngEsa
teller possesses over both the American
and the Scotch teller lies in the fact that
he Issues clesn notes only. The Bank CT
EaElznd has the exclusive privilege Of
coCe issue il London and within radius
| Of sixty miles, q right conferred Tor =
| certain vGlusble consideration granted
| TO the government IN yea1s gone By.
All the notes received by the London
teller are sent lntO the Bank o.
England, and they &re not "5issued.
| The 6veTzes life ct E5 bank L 80 Is TWO
OF three weeks, that OF ElO0 ha1E note
( three DAYS, t5Rt IS, the interval hetWeen
| It's Issue and return to TIE b..lE end
! finally death "The Bsnk," BE- = noted,
| alWGys refers in London to one i'h.2tu-
| ton, "1ha Bank Of England" t55 ad-
VsntSgs IL Issuing clean notes Is this 4:
| They sTe I'll numbered c0nSecU y -.
! therefore 81 that the teller has to 90 IL
| recording the numbers is to eI- the
first sad last, thus, 1850 t. o1,574
l8 6 81 E10, would represent ESQ ..- ten
pound notes. The smaller numhels up
resent the date, June Is, 1887 Tie Lon
| don teller has the trouble Of entering num-
bars OF his notes which nei1herGne Scotch
Tor American banks have, bu1 Il he
| gives sway too much either by 'Trong
| count o. through Q mistake in tn . rom
| insuong he can usually lOcate his ,'Tor at
the close Of the dag and generally ..coveE
the mo1ey.
II must not be i0terTed from - re-
ference l. errors that thew are j. qUent.
! On the CO tr8Ty. Noe sre they alWays
paid for By the teller when they 60 occur
! 4 teller who made G "short" an0 paid i
out Of his oY7n pocket without reporting
il would be Infringing the rules. He nay
| Inadvertently be c!oakirg an Office thief
| By 80 dping. But although
ne does not always pay for
! 4Ato ~ " a iJSSESS ivy GAA'NSs4
fire weekly returns TO the directors with
his name Against them, until they become
very Weariness TO ghc flesh. Thy Gre
written Of against the profit ard loss SC
count On quarter dsy when the books ere
made Up, cut rot before tie directors
know I'll about Mr.. Jo0ee' mishap. 4
succession of losses of El0 each for rhree
consecutive Saturdays has driven teller
luto sIUuatic asylum and caused his death.
But ire mere question Of mechanical cor
recjrezg in his cash would not-in the
absence Of other qQaifCations-lead t0
the promotion Of teller. He must bs
possessed Of & suave yet digrifad m2n-
peT, Z temper rot readily TUfi5d, sud be
II accurate judge Ct the human counte-
nance. He must be infsliibla IN the mat
ter Ct signatures. A teller has beer
known TO detect g forgery wben the man
whose name YES forged could not tel!
whether the forged signature Was his
own or not.